seamstress en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English seamster Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English seamstress From seamster + -ess.
Meanings
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A woman who sews clothes professionally.
“If you have finished blathering about men, perhaps you won’t mind skipping over the new seamstress you’ve no doubt found?"
1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 52: Need”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 862:They are seamstresses, who have plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own shroud.
1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Procession of Life”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:[…] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin, the Cook his ſilver ſpoon, the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contributed to ſo pious a work, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]
1656, James Howell, Some Sober Inspections Made Into the Carriage and Consults of the Late Long-Parliament, whereby Occaſion is taken to ſpeak of Parliaments in former Times, and of Magna Charta, with ſome Reflexes upon Government in General, pages 128-129:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sempstress | alternative | lexicographic | |
| seamstresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
sempstress · sewist · seamster
Translations (60)
cs šička (woman who sews clothes professionally) · nn sydame (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sh krojàčica (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sh шва̏ља (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ro croitoreasă (woman who sews clothes professionally) · hu varrónő (woman who sews clothes professionally) · enm semestere (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ar خَيَّاطَة (woman who sews clothes professionally) · fi ompelijatar (woman who sews clothes professionally) · uk шва́чка (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sh švȁlja (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ja 裁縫師 (woman who sews clothes professionally) · eo kudristino (woman who sews clothes professionally) · fr couturière (woman who sews clothes professionally) · be шва́чка (woman who sews clothes professionally) · pl szwaczka (woman who sews clothes professionally) · vo nägan (woman who sews clothes professionally) · nb syerske (woman who sews clothes professionally) · nn syerske (woman who sews clothes professionally) · nl naaister (woman who sews clothes professionally) · az tikişçi (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ro cuturieră (woman who sews clothes professionally) · uz tikuvchi (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ca cosidora (woman who sews clothes professionally) · uk шва́ля (woman who sews clothes professionally) · nb sydame (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ka მკერავი (woman who sews clothes professionally) · da syerske (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ga maintín (woman who sews clothes professionally) · bg шива́чка (woman who sews clothes professionally) · de Näherin (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ang sēamestre (woman who sews clothes professionally) · mi kaitui (woman who sews clothes professionally) · et õmbleja (woman who sews clothes professionally) · vo jinägan (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sh кроја̀чица (woman who sews clothes professionally) · mk шивачка (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ro cusătoreasă (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sk šička (woman who sews clothes professionally) · cmn 女裁縫 /女裁缝 (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sl šivilja (woman who sews clothes professionally) · de Weissnäherin (woman who sews clothes professionally) · vo hinägan (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ru швея́ (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ru белошве́йка (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ca costurera (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ka თერძი (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sc cusidòra (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ko 침모 (woman who sews clothes professionally) · cs švadlena (woman who sews clothes professionally) · he תּוֹפֶרֶת (woman who sews clothes professionally) · de Weißnäherin (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ga bean fuála (woman who sews clothes professionally) · pt costureira (woman who sews clothes professionally) · es costurera (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ko 재봉사 (woman who sews clothes professionally) · ja 針子 (woman who sews clothes professionally) · it sarta (woman who sews clothes professionally) · sv sömmerska (woman who sews clothes professionally) · it cucitrice (woman who sews clothes professionally)